Inuit throat singers Nina Segalowitz and Taqralik Partridge will perform their amazing songs at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 27 at Sivertson Art Gallery. The gallery will feature exquisite Inuit art and sculptures over the weekend of October 26-27. Photos courtesy ofSivertson Gallery
An extraordinary showcase of Inuit art and sculpture, along with carving demonstrations and throat singing performances, will be happening Friday and Saturday, October 26 and 27 at the 18th annual Sivertson Gallery Inuit Premiere.
Every fall since 1959 Dorset Fine Arts, a marketing arm of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, has released an annual limited run print collection.
The collection is released only through approved galleries around the world, and for the past 18 years Sivertson Gallery of Grand Marais has had the privilege of being one of them. “We are the only authorized Cape Dorset Fine Arts gallery in Minnesota,” says owner Jan Sivertson. “We can’t wait to unveil the 2018 collection and celebrate with our guest artists from the far north.”
Also featured during the event is a specially curated collection of hand-carved stone sculptures. Stones are hauled to villages in the Arctic on snowmobiles from distant rock quarries, sometimes over 200 miles away.
Inuit sculptor and stone carver Bill Nasogaluak, the featured guest, will give a demonstration at North House Folk School at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26. He will also present as part of a larger artists’ panel at 6 p.m. the following day.
Ongoing throughout the weekend will be live throat singing performances by Nina Segalowitz and Taqralik Partridge.
Throat singing is a vocal form in which a single voice produces more than one tone at the same time, usually as harmonics of a main tone or drone, traditionally practiced by peoples in central Asia, the Inuit, and Tibetan Buddhist monks.
Friday, October 26
2 to 4 p.m., North House Folk School. Artist Bill Nasogaluak carving demo and throat singing performance at 3 p.m.
6 to 8 p.m., Sivertson Gallery. 2018 Dorset Fine Arts print release party, with all guests. The 2018 print collection will be unveiled.
Saturday, October 27
At 1 and 3 p.m., there will be throat singing performances by Nina Segalowitz & Taqralik Partridge at Sivertson Gallery.
At 6 p.m., Sivertson Gallery, there will be a Fireside Panel Chat with Bill Nasogaluak, Nina Segalowitz, Taqralik Partridge, and other special guests.
All day, Sivertson Gallery. All guests are invited to join us to chat about living in the Arctic and art-making traditions of Canada.
All events are free and open to the public.
The Inuit Premiere is presented in partnership with the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis.
Sivertson Gallery is a destination for art on Lake Superior’s North Shore. They exhibit the work of over 60 regional artists in addition to Canadian Inuit and Alaskan native art. The gallery is located at 14 W. Wisconsin St. in Grand Marais; the phone number is (218) 387-2491.
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